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Teen charged in connection with fatal crash

A teenager will face felony charges in connection with a crash in Concord that killed a 7-year-old girl and a Concord man.

Jacob Veroneau, 17, was charged with falsifying evidence in connection with the Oct. 19 crash on Clinton Street in Concord. Police said they believe the other driver, who was killed in the crash, was at fault, but they said Veroneau was texting and driving at the time and tried to cover it up by deleting his messages.

Police said the other driver, Jesse Wolf, 31, failed to yield and collided with an SUV that had the right of way. A 7-year-old Manchester girl was also killed in the crash.

"The primary contributing factor is believed to be failure to yield to the other driver," said Lt. Timothy O'Malley.

Police said that even though Veroneau isn't believed to be at fault in the crash, he still took actions that should be prosecuted.

"Yes, we certainly want to make a distinction between these two events," O'Malley said. "We do believe that texting was taking place. We can't determine whether it was the cause of the accident. However, once the police became involved and began making inquiries into the deletion or destruction of evidence, it's serious because it impedes our ability to do an effective investigation."

Veroneau is scheduled to be arraigned May 6.

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